Man there’s jut something about that last panel… Nudge’s eyes look like swirling pools of chaos and power, and that POSE… Why does that posture look so familiar?

I can understand why Tina/nudge is revealing all of this now, but what I don’t get is why she is being so candid about all of this. She’s been working the angles up till now, so what has changed between them that allows Nudge to approach Monica so directly this time?

Tina was the only person who was able to see that a little girl is apparently occupying Jin’s core and Jin and Monica specifically asked for Tina’s help this time. Previously the problem was a calendar machine that Tina had no insight into. Sometimes Monica came in with specific questions, but that’s all. Nudge may feel more needed or empowered this time.

I don’t think Monica can easily tell. This implied that Monica didn’t know, but it’s possible Bud was merely stating the obvious. Also, Monica seemed surprised when Tina referred to herself as “we” for the first time, even though individual demons had spoken previously.

I know some major things have happened in recent months, but I am still in mid-’08 on the archives and have been reading daily only since Monica started contemplating her latest adventure over several courses of food, so I beg the community’s understanding for my ignorance…

In addition, I think it will be open to debate that anything Tina has done for Monica, either as a collective or as an individual demon at the helm, can be directly attributable to Nudge, who has only just been revealed.

Yes, and I and others have posted links to such exapmles in recent days pondering about which of the collective is talking at different times. A lot of the time Tina takes on a more human appearence when one of the collective is speaking, but when Nudge talks, she looks, if anything, more otherworldly, so I’m still not sure who is the member that took over in all those cases…but maybe all will be revealed in good time.

We’ve been thinking in Chaos and Order, and where Ms. Nudge fits in, but if we think in checks and balances, she might be a third force: Random. It can be expressed thus: Chaos- disarray, Order- progression, Random- keeps things interesting. Chaos breaks your toy, Order wants you to put it back together properly, and Random hands you a butter knife to do it with.

In Magickal terms Nudge would be a force of Chaos, not always a bad thing as to make changes it is necessary to tap into Chaos. The bad thing about Change is there are unforeseen consequences to every change, hence the knowledge of Chaos required to make good changes.

I’m used to contemplating hive-minds, not multiple distinct personalities within a single body. It’s a subtle but important difference which explains why this is oddly familiar to me, but in a way that actually makes it harder to comprehend than normal.

As for why I’m used to contemplating hive-minds, I have wayyyy too much free time and am an inspired writer at times.

Will someone wiser in the ways of ordering the Pre-ordered Bud t-shirts please let me know how to get it??? I got an email that there was a prob with my credit card and I can’t seem to get into the site to make the attempt to rectify the prob.At this point I’m afraid that I may have missed out on that priceless scene!
I have to sign off ’til tomorrow, so could someone drop a few words of wisdom for me?